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Incidence, nature and causes of avoidable significant harm in primary care in England: retrospective case note review

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  • Anthony J Avery Division of Primary Care, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christina Sheehan Division of Primary Care, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Brian Bell Division of Primary Care, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sarah Armstrong NIHR RDS for the East Midlands, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Darren M Ashcroft NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Matthew J Boyd Division of Pharmacy Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Antony Chuter Division of Primary Care, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alison Cooper Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ailsa Donnelly Division of Primary Care, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Adrian Edwards Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Huw Prosser Evans Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stuart Hellard Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Joanne Lymn School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rajnikant Mehta Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sarah Rodgers PRIMIS, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Aziz Sheikh Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Pam Smith School of Health and Social Sciences, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Huw Williams Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Stephen M Campbell NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK Centre for Primary Care, Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Andrew Carson-Stevens Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Anthony J Avery, Division of Primary Care, University of Nottingham Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; tony.avery{at}nottingham.ac.uk
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Avery AJ, Sheehan C, Bell B, et al
Incidence, nature and causes of avoidable significant harm in primary care in England: retrospective case note review

Publication history

  • Received April 25, 2020
  • Revised August 25, 2020
  • Accepted September 12, 2020
  • First published November 10, 2020.
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January 18, 2022

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